Cover: Night (c1880-1885) by Edward Robert Hughes (1851-1914)
Hyperion CDA68425 · April 2023
Antognini: Come to me in the silence of the night & Other Choral Works
The Choir of Trinity College Cambridge, Stephen Layton (conductor)
Reviews
- AllMusic2023Among the composers contending for the status of successor to John Rutter is Ivo Antognini, who is neither English nor American but has experienced success in both places with this release, which hit classical best-seller lists…Read the review
- Gramophone2023Ivo Antognini always writes human-scale, singable music that nonetheless manages to touch on profound themes. It’s most effectively sampled in miniature in something like Hope is the thing with feathers, based on the Emily…Read the review
- Music Web International2023Throughout his time as Director of Music at Trinity College, Cambridge (2006-2023), Stephen Layton has championed the work of contemporary composers (whilst not neglecting, by any means, the traditional repertoire). For Hyperion…Read the review
- North East Post2023As soon as the first notes are sung on this highly accessible album, it immediately captures the attention of the listener, not just from a performance point of view but in showcasing a composer who has a consummate elegance in…Read the review
- Opera Today2023On this disc of a cappella choral music by the Swiss-born Ivo Antognini (born 1962), issued earlier this year by Hyperion, the Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge yet again demonstrate a wonderfully plush tone quality. If…Read the review
Fanfare USA2024…A stunning album in every possible way, from the exalted quality of the singing in every imaginable aspect, to the exceptionally warm, inviting, and expansive recording itself. Antognini’s music is unashamedly Romantic—in the…Read the review
Recorded: July 2021
Produced by Adrian Peacock
Engineered by David Hinitt
Release date: April 2023
Total duration: 65 minutes 46 seconds
Track list
- Come to meIvo Antognini (b1963)5'26
- Canticum novum Cantate Domino canticum novumIvo Antognini (b1963)2'49
- O magnum mysteriumIvo Antognini (b1963)2'55
- Lux aeternaIvo Antognini (b1963)4'34
- Regina caeliIvo Antognini (b1963)4'12
- Hope is the thing with feathersIvo Antognini (b1963)5'01
- Surge amica meaIvo Antognini (b1963)3'39
- Gloria in excelsisIvo Antognini (b1963)3'53
- Trinity Service: Magnificat My soul doth magnify the LordIvo Antognini (b1963)4'48
- Trinity Service: Nunc dimittis Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peaceIvo Antognini (b1963)3'05
- Remembrance Swifter far than summer's flightIvo Antognini (b1963)5'15
- Laudate DominumIvo Antognini (b1963)4'18
- AlleluiaIvo Antognini (b1963)2'51
- Those tender wordsIvo Antognini (b1963)3'44
- Jubilate DeoIvo Antognini (b1963)3'47
- The Angel I Dreamt a Dream! what can it mean?Ivo Antognini (b1963)5'29
Recording details from Hyperion Records.